• FuglyDuck@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    there’s some freaky perspective shit going on there. They’re big. but they’re not economy car big.

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        6 months ago

        Look at the first picture, wings aren’t spread. The largest baldies are recorded as having 8 foot wingspans- in alaska. They tend to be smaller closer to the equator.

        For comparison, if that’s a Hyundai Elantra behind it, it’s 15 feet long. (Close enough for 4 doors whatever it is.)

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          6 months ago

          From what I can see : The car is down slope and probably 35 ft away. The eagle is on the slope and probably 15 ft away. It has an 8 to 9-ft wingspan roughly.

          I’ve had one of these land on my boat before so I’m familiar with raptor sizes from the Mid-Atlantic East Coast, USA.

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      6 months ago

      Yeah the bird is on a flat roof maybe a garage or something similar on the same height or slightly below the window

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      6 months ago

      Yeah whatever surface it’s on, it’s slightly elevated. It’s a big bird but there’s some optical illusion going on.